Coping with the Climate Crisis Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination
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Rabah Arezki is the chief economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was the chief of the commodities unit in the IMF’s research department. He has written on energy, commodities, development, and international economics.Patrick Bolton is the Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business at Columbia University. His books include Contract Theory (2005) and Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investing (Columbia, 2011).
Karim El Aynaoui is dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He is also managing director of OCP Policy Center.
Maurice Obstfeld is economic counselor and director of research at the International Monetary Fund and Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is coauthor of International Economics (11th edition, 2018) and Foundations of International Macroeconomics (1996).
The Paris Agreement will only find its way into the history books if we manage to implement it. <i>Coping with the Climate Crisis</i> looks at precisely that topic, making the latest economic research on climate change user friendly for policy makers.
- Klaas Knot, president, De Nederlandsche Bank,
Whether you believe in the science or not or care about future generations or not, climate change is already affecting your welfare. <i>Coping with the Climate Crisis</i> demonstrates that the world is moving rapidly from identifying climate-change problems to implementing solutions. The authors articulate how our economies must evolve and our institutions strengthen in resolve and focus. A must-read for all consumers, investors, businesses, and policy makers globally—skeptical or otherwise.
- Adrian Orr, governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and CEO, New Zealand Superannuation Fund,
Bringing together contributions from some of the world's foremost economic practitioners and theorists, this accessible book will be useful to both policy makers and academics wishing to understand the frontier of climate change economics and the possible future of climate policy around the globe.
- Ben Groom, London School of Economics,
Strongly endorses it as a reference for scholars and policy makers.
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In sum, this book emphasizes global pricing of carbon and a tax imposed on emitters. It shows that there can be venues of agreement between stakeholders to reduce GHG emissions.
Philippine Political Science Journal
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Rabah Arezki is the chief economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was the chief of the commodities unit in the IMF’s research department. He has written on energy, commodities, development, and international economics.Patrick Bolton is the Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business at Columbia University. His books include Contract Theory (2005) and Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investing (Columbia, 2011).
Karim El Aynaoui is dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He is also managing director of OCP Policy Center.
Maurice Obstfeld is economic counselor and director of research at the International Monetary Fund and Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is coauthor of International Economics (11th edition, 2018) and Foundations of International Macroeconomics (1996).